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CVE-2014-7849 json

The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.2.0 through 6.3.2 does not properly ve…

published 2015-02-13 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7699

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.2.0 through 6.3.2 does not properly verify authorization conditions, which allows remote authenticated users to add, modify, and undefine otherwise restricted attributes by leveraging the Maintainer role.

Patch / fix

  • wss4j jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.21.2-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossts jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7
  • jboss-hal jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 6 4.0.19-10.SP10_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • weld-core jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.1.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0218RHSA-2015:0217RHSA-2015:0216

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-7849 updated cvss 4.9

Management: Limited RBAC authorization bypass

  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 security Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 security
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0215
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0216
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0217
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server wss4j 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, antlr-eap6 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, resteasy 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7, jbossts 4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0218
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0920
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 security
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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